The App Almanac
App Store Movers, 22 July 2026
15 record crowns changed hands, 10 on the move, 12 price drops across the App Store in the last day.
Crowns that changed hands
- Collins English took the Longest Continuous Run crown from Speaker Polarity (22 Jul)
- Collins English also pulled the Oldest App Still Updated title away from Knot Guide (22 Jul)
- Collins English then bumped Knot Guide off the The Oldest Survivor spot, having itself taken that crown from iHarmony (22 Jul)
- イナズマイレブン クロス snatched the Youngest Hit App crown away from Meowdoku! (20 Jul)
- 抖音 knocked X off the The 17+ Champion throne (20 Jul)
- 抖音 took the Fastest to Fame title from Facebook (20 Jul)
- 恋与制作人 passed Where Winds Meet to grab the The Biggest Free App crown (20 Jul)
- 広辞苑第七版【岩波書店】(ONESWING) took the The Priciest Paid App crown from プロ漢方 (20 Jul)
- 抖音 overtook YouTube for the Most Rated of All Time crown (20 Jul)
- 抖音 picked up the Recently Updated Giant crown too, taking it from YouTube (20 Jul)
- 恋与制作人 took the Massive But Loved crown from CookieRun: OvenBreak (20 Jul)
- 恋与制作人 unseated Monster Hunter Stories from The Biggest App (20 Jul)
- Шансон Радио FM Hi-Fi claimed the Most Expensive Per Megabyte crown from Video Delay Instant Replay Pro (20 Jul)
- Шансон Радио FM Hi-Fi grabbed the Most Expensive App With Real Ratings crown from TouchChat HD- AAC w/ WordPower too (20 Jul)
- プロ漢方 took the The Priciest Paid App crown from 饿不着 (20 Jul)
On the move
- Shadowrocket climbed from #25 to #9 on Most Globally Charting App (+16)
- Claude by Anthropic jumped from #17 to #5 on Most Countries at Number One (+12)
- Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire went from #9 to #4 on Most Countries at Number One (+5)
- PeakFinder crept up from #21 to #19 on Most Countries at Number One (+2)
- SandhamnPro moved from #3 to #2 on Most iPad Screenshots (+1)
- AnkiMobile Flashcards picked up one spot, going from #3 to #2, on Most Globally Charting App (+1)
- YouTube went from #4 to #3 on Most Globally Charting App (+1)
- Google Maps rose from #5 to #4 on Most Globally Charting App (+1)
- Google moved up one place, #6 to #5, on Most Globally Charting App (+1)
- Gmail - Email by Google went from #7 to #6 on Most Globally Charting App (+1)
New to the boards
- Collins English opened at #1 on Longest Continuous Run
- Collins English also debuted at #1 on The Oldest Survivor
- Collins English debuted at #1 on Oldest App Still Updated as well
- De Telegraaf appeared at #4 on Most iPad Screenshots
- Grafio 4 - Diagram Maker came in at #5 on Most iPad Screenshots
- Flightradar24 | Flight Tracker landed at #6 on Most iPad Screenshots
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang appeared at #7 on Most Countries at Number One
- iKörkort MC came in at #7 on Most iPad Screenshots
- ملكة: للباحثين عن شريك الحياة entered at #8 on Most Countries at Number One
- Bluefire Reader landed at #8 on Most iPad Screenshots
Price drops and freebies
- PizzaCoach Pro dropped from $5.99 to Free
- Bible Widget: Morning Verse dropped from $4.99 to Free
- Tiny Log dropped from $2.99 to Free
- White Nightmare dropped from $1.99 to Free
- Spirale dropped from $1.99 to Free
- FarmDeutsch: Almanca Öğren dropped from $0.99 to Free
- Practice Lock | Combination dropped from $0.99 to Free
- FarmItaliano: İtalyanca Öğren dropped from $0.99 to Free
- FarmTurkish: Türkçe Öğren dropped from $0.99 to Free
- FarmPortuguês: Portekizce Ders dropped from $0.99 to Free
- FarmFrançais: Fransızca Öğren dropped from $0.99 to Free
- FarmEspañol: İspanyolca Öğren dropped from $0.99 to Free
Head to the Trends page for the live picture, keep an eye on Deals for the next round of price drops, or browse all record boards if you want to dig deeper.
Each edition is a data digest, not an editorial guide: it summarises the period's biggest moves across our record boards — crown changes, climbers, new entrants and price drops — drawn straight from the dated figures behind every board. Every name links to the record it came from.